Thailand's adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes

CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Only a month after Thailand's adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable.

Fans unable to make the two-hour drive to Khao Kheow Open Zoo from the Thai capital Bangkok to see her in person can watch her video clips online, or simply scroll through social media to savor meme after meme.

Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting cute moments of the animals in his care for about five years. He never imagined the zoo's newborn pygmy hippo would become an internet megastar within weeks.

Cars started lining up outside the zoo well before it opened Thursday. Visitors traveled from near and far for a chance to see the pudgy, expressive 2-month-old in person at the zoo about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bangkok. The pit where Moo Deng lives with her mom, Jona, was packed almost immediately, with people cooing and cheering every time the pink-cheeked baby animal made skittish movements.

“It was beyond expectation,” Atthapon told The Associated Press. “I wanted people to know her. I wanted a lot of people to visit her, or watch her online, or leave fun comments. I never would’ve thought (of this).”

Moo Deng, which literally means “bouncy pork” in Thai, is a type of meatball. The name was chosen by fans via a poll on social media, and it matches her other siblings: Moo Toon (stewed pork) and Moo Waan (sweet pork). There is also a common hippo at the zoo named Kha Moo (stewed pork leg).

“She’s such a little lump. I want to ball her up and swallow her whole!” said Moo Deng fan Areeya Sripanya while visiting the zoo Thursday.

Artists have drawn cartoons, cakes and latte art based on her, and social media platform X even featured her in its official account’s post.

Her image adorns memes by German soccer team FC Bayern, American basketball team Phoenix Suns, and American football team Washington Commanders, as well as the New York Mets. Simple photo manipulation puts her in a variety of headgear or human-like situations.

Businesses, too, have utilized her image. Sephora Thailand has a makeup tip — “wear your blush like a baby hippo” — highlighting her pink cheeks, while food delivery app Grab Thailand imagined with photos what kind of meal she could garnish.

With all that fame, zoo director Narongwit Chodchoi said they have begun copyrighting and trademarking “Moo Deng the hippo” to prevent the animal from being commercialized by anyone else. "After we do this, we will have more income to support activities that will make the animals’ lives better,” he said.

The zoo sits on 800 hectares (almost 2,000 acres) of land and is home to more than 2,000 animals. It runs breeder programs for many endangered species like Moo Deng's. The pygmy hippopotamus that's native to West Africa is threatened by poaching and loss of habitat. There are only 2,000-3,000 of them left in the wild.

To help fund the initiative, the zoo is making Moo Deng shirts and pants that will be ready for sale at the end of the month, with more merchandise to come.

Narongwit believes a factor of Moo Deng's fame is her name, which compliments her energetic and chaotic personality captured in Atthapon's creative captions and video clips.

Appropriately, Moo Deng likes to “deng,” or bounce, and Atthapon has many moments of her giddy bouncing on social media. Even when she's not bouncing, the hippo is endlessly cute — squirming as Atthapon tries to wash her, biting him while he was trying to play with her, calmly closing her eyes as he rubs her pinkish cheeks or her chubby belly.

Atthapon, who has worked at the zoo for eight years taking care of hippos, sloths, capybaras and binturongs, said baby hippos are usually more playful and energetic, and they become calmer as they get older.

The zoo saw a spike in visitors since Moo Deng’s fame — so much that the zoo now has to limit public access to the baby's enclosure to 5-minute windows throughout the day during weekends.

Narongwit said the zoo has been receiving over 4,000 visitors during a weekday, up from around just 800 people, and more than 10,000 during a weekend, up from around 3,000 people.

But the fame has also brought some aggressive visitors to Moo Deng, who only wakes up ready to play about two hours a day. Some videos showed visitors splashing water or throwing things at the sleeping Moo Deng to try to wake her up. The hippo pit now has a warning sign against throwing things at Moo Deng, posted prominently at the front in Thai, English and Chinese.

Narongwit said the zoo would take action under the animal protection law if people mistreat the animal. But clips emerged of people treating Moo Deng poorly, and the backlash was fierce. The zoo director said that since then, they haven’t seen anyone doing it again.

For fans who can't make the journey or are discouraged after seeing the crowds for Moo Deng, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo set up cameras and plan to start a 24-hour live feed of the baby hippo in the coming week.

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng and her mother Jona are seen at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng jumps at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng plays with water from a zookeeper at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng lays down on the ground at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng lays down on the ground at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng and her mother Jona are seen at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng plays with a zookeeper in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng plays with a zookeeper in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng sleeps at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng plays with water from a zookeeper in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng walks at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro produced a joint declaration Monday that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group's members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global pact to fight hunger, taxation of the world’s wealthiest people and changes to global governance.

Experts had doubted Brazil 's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could convince assembled leaders to hammer out agreement given uncertainty about the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and heightened global tensions amid the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Further dimming prospects of consensus, Argentina’s negotiators challenged some of the draft language — and ultimately refrained from endorsing the complete document.

“Although generic, it is a positive surprise for Brazil,” said Thomas Traumann, an independent political consultant and former Brazilian minister. “There was a moment when there was risk of no declaration at all. Despite the caveats, it is a good result for Lula.”

Militant group Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel occurred one month after last year’s G20 summit. It was thus unclear how this year’s statement might address Israel’s campaign of retaliation, which has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health officials, and more than 3,500 people in Lebanon in Israel's offensive against Hezbollah, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

The G20 declaration referred to the “catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza and the escalation in Lebanon,” and stressed the urgent need to expand humanitarian assistance and reinforce protection of civilians.

“Affirming the Palestinian right to self-determination, we reiterate our unwavering commitment to the vision of the two-State solution where Israel and a Palestinian State live side by side in peace,” it said.

But it made no mention of Israel’s suffering or some 100 hostages that remain in Hamas captivity. Israel isn’t a G20 member.

That lack of acknowledgment appeared to run contrary to U.S. President Joe Biden’s consistent backing of Israel's right to defend itself. It's something Biden dutifully notes in public, even when speaking about the deprivation of Palestinians caused by the grinding war. During a meeting with G20 leaders before the declaration was hammered home, Biden expressed his view that Hamas is solely to blame for the war and called on fellow leaders to “increase the pressure on Hamas” to accept a cease-fire deal.

Looming large on Monday was news of Biden's decision to ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of longer-range U.S. missiles to allow that country to strike more deeply inside Russia.

“The United States strongly supports Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Everyone around this table in my view should, as well,” Biden said during the summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the summit’s most notable absentee. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant that obliges member states to arrest him, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended instead.

The G20 declaration highlighted the human suffering in Ukraine while calling for peace, but without naming Russia.

“The declaration avoids pointing the finger at the culprits,” said Paulo Velasco, an international relations professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. “That is, it doesn’t make any critical mention of Israel or Russia, but it highlights the dramatic humanitarian situations in both cases.”

Such lack of specificity is true of the entire declaration, Velasco added. “It is very much in line with what Brazil hoped for ... but if we really analyze it carefully, it is very much a declaration of intent. It is a declaration of good will on various issues, but we have very few concrete, tangible measures.”

In working group meetings in the run-up to the G20, ministers and negotiators discussed Brazil’s proposal to tax billionaires' incomes by 2%. According to French economist Gabriel Zucman, who worked as a consultant for Lula’s administration on the topic, such a measure would affect some 3,000 people around the world, of whom 100 are in Latin América.

At the start of the leaders’ afternoon session, Lula reiterated his call for the tax.

That made it into the final declaration, but there had been considerable doubt it would. One official from Brazil and one from another G20 nation say Argentine negotiators most vehemently opposed the clause — which they had previously accepted, in July — and another promoting gender equality. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.

In the end, Argentina signed the G20 declaration while partially dissenting from certain aspects, it said in a statement on X. That included content related to the U.N.’s previous 2030 sustainable development agenda that right-wing President Javier Milei has referred to as “a supranational program of a socialist nature.” It also objected to the regulation of hate speech on social media, action by global institutions like the U.N. that the libertarian president has criticized as infringement on national sovereignty, and the idea that increased state intervention is the way to fight hunger.

Argentina’s presidency didn’t respond to requests for comment clarifying specifically which clauses it opposed. The official from the G20 nation with knowledge of the negotiations said Argentina adopted the statement under intense pressure from world powers. The X statement, the official said, was aimed at a domestic audience that appeared to relish Milei's Trump-like role as spoiler in the multilateral talks hosted by his outspoken critic, Lula.

Much of the declaration focuses on the eradication of hunger — a priority for Lula.

Brazil’s government previously stressed that Lula’s launch of the global alliance against hunger and poverty on Monday was as important as the final declaration. As of Monday, 82 nations had signed onto the plan, Brazil’s government said. It is also backed by organizations including the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

A demonstration Sunday on Rio’s Copacabana beach featured 733 empty plates spread across the sand to represent the 733 million people who went hungry in 2023, according to United Nations data, and called on leaders to take action.

Viviana Santiago, a director at Oxfam, an anti-poverty nonprofit, praised Brazil for using its G20 presidency “to respond to people’s demands worldwide to tackle extreme inequality, hunger and climate breakdown, and particularly for rallying action on taxing the super-rich.”

“Brazil has lit a path toward a more just and resilient world, challenging others to meet them at this critical juncture,” she said in a statement.

Leaders pledged to work for “transformative reform” of the U.N. Security Council so that it aligns “with the realities and demands of the 21st century, makes it more representative, inclusive, efficient, effective, democratic and accountable.”

Lula has been calling for reform of the powerful Security Council since his first two terms in power, from 2003-2010, but had gained little traction. Charged with maintaining international peace and security, it has not changed from its original 1945 configuration. Five countries that were dominant powers at the end of World War II have veto power — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — while 10 countries from different regions serve two-year terms.

Virtually all countries agree that nearly eight decades after the United Nations was established, the Security Council should be expanded to reflect the world in the 21st century and include more voices. But the central quandary — and the biggest disagreement — remains how to do it. The G20 declaration doesn’t answer that question.

“We call for an enlarged Security Council composition that improves the representation of the underrepresented and unrepresented regions and groups, such as Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean,” the declaration said.

The United States announced shortly before a U.N. summit in September that it supports two new permanent seats for African countries without veto power, and a first-ever non-permanent seat for a small island developing nation. But as examples, the Group of Four – Brazil, Germany, India and Japan – support each other’s bid for permanent seats. And the larger Uniting for Consensus group of a dozen countries including Pakistan, Italy, Turkey and Mexico wants additional non-permanent seats with longer terms.

Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Rio de Janeiro, Edie Lederer at the United Nations and Isabel DeBre in La Paz, Bolivia contributed.

Argentina's President Javier Milei, left, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepare for a group photo at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

People wave Chinese and Brazilian flags as they wait for China's President Xi Jinping for him to drive past Leblon beach to his hotel during the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazilian soldiers guard the streets during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Argentina's President Javier Milei, left, and France's President Emmanuel Macron talk during a group photo at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Backdropped by Sugar Loaf mountain, China's President Xi Jinping, center, walks after joining a group photo during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives late for the group photo during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

G20 leaders take part in a Family Photo at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were not present for the photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Leaders attending the G20 Summit pose for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

President Joe Biden, from left, walks with Henrique Pereira, director of the National Institute for Research in the Amazon, granddaughter Natalie Biden, second right, and daughter Ashley Biden, right, during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A soldier patrols the perimeters of the Museum of Modern Art, the venue of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto attends the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Women walk past a giant coin that reads in Portuguese "Tax billionaires, tax polluters, $$$ for climate" on Leblon beach as part of a protest to draw attention to climate issues on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dhavid Normando)

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attend the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A Brazilian Navy ship patrols off Copacabana beach during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dhavid Normando)

People hold Brazilian and Chinese flags during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

President Joe Biden, center, and other G20 leaders attend the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

A demonstrator shows solidarity with the Palestinian people as leaders meet at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Demonstrators show support and solidarity with the Palestinian people as world leaders hold the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

France's President Emmanuel Macron, top, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

President Joe Biden speaks as other G20 leaders listen during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

President Joe Biden, from front left, Indian's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and other G20 leaders listen during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Chile's President Gabriel Boric talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Plates marked with crosses, symbolizing people suffering from hunger worldwide, are displayed at Copacabana Beach during a protest aimed at drawing the attention of leaders attending the upcoming G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Dhavid Normando)

Activists from a Brazilian Indigenous movement hold cutouts of Chinese President Xi Jinping, from left, President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a protest aimed at drawing the attention on the global climate crisis to leaders attending the upcoming G20 Summit, at Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Activists from the Amazonia de Pe movement partake in a protest aimed at drawing the attention of leaders attending the upcoming G20 Summit on the Amazon Rainforest and the environmental crises, at Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The car carrying U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Argentina's President Javier Milei, left, and France's President Emmanuel Macron greet during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Leaders attend a meeting at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

China's President Xi Jinping arrives for the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

China's President Xi Jinping, left, talks with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and France's President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian honor guard wait for the start of a welcoming ceremony prior to the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Rio de Janeiro city on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, who will host the G20 Summit next Monday and Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a bilateral meeting a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, attends during a bilateral meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, poses for photos with Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, during a bilateral meeting a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres attends a press conference a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smiles during bilateral meetings a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a bilateral meeting a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, pose for photos during a bilateral meeting a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, during a bilateral meeting a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, walk during a bilateral meeting a day before the opening of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)